Shuttle



i 1. F. VAILLANCOURT.

SHUTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED IIIII.2I. IsIe.

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SHUTTLE.

Application filed January 21, 1916.

To all w wm t may concern.'

Be it lniown that I, Josnrn F. VArLLAN- coUn'r, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Fall River, in the county of Bristol and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful improvements inShuttles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in shuttles for looms, one objectof the invention being the provision of a shuttle, in which the threadis guided through the bottom thereof, and toward the point of theshuttle. l

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a novelform of thread Aguide mounted in the nose of the shuttle, and leadinginclinedly toward the nose or point, and through the bottom of theshuttle, thus preventing the thread from being cut in the shuttle boXand getting fast in the chips.

A still further object of the present invention is the provision of ashuttle that can be threaded in a sanitary manner and not by sucking orblowing as is the usual method.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a durable andinexpensive shuttle, and one which has none of the disadvantages of theold shuttle.

1n the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of myimproved shuttle. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the completeshuttle. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the metal portion of the threadguide per se. Fig. 4 is a cross section on line 4r1 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 5 designates the body of theshuttle, having the recess 6, for the reception of the bobbin 7. rThisrecess 6 opens through the top and bottom of the shuttle body 6, whilein the underside or bottom is a groove or gutter 8, leading from theelliptical opening 9 of the body to the point.

The inclined bore 10 leads from the rounded portion 11 of the recess 6to a point at the eXtreme forward portion of the groove or gutter 8,there being provided a slit 12 eX- tending from the forward end of thebore 10 through the bottom of the body 5 to the opening of the recess insaid bottom.

Removably fitted, from within therecess 6, in the bore 10 is a metalthread guide 13, which as shown in Fig. 3, consists of the tubularportion 14, having the two flanges 15 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

serial No. 73,368.

.bent inwardly and spaced to provide the longitudinal groove or slit 16in the bottom of the tubular portion 1-1. The forward triangular lip 17is bent so that the apex thereof is slightly beyond-the inner edges ofthe flanges 15, and thus is extended across the outlet end of the slit16. rThis acts as a guide for inserting the thread which is firstdirected through the opening 9 and then pulled upwardly to enter theslit 12 and consequently be guided by the fianges 15 through the slit16, the forward portion of the thread engaging either of the inclinededges of the lip 17 and thus directing the thread into either of thethread guiding channels 18 of the tubular portion 141. At the upperportion of the inner end of `the metal thread guide is provided atension plate 19, having the thread eye 20, and the diagonal slot 21which communicates with the eye 20 and opens through one edge of theplate thereby permitting ready access in threading.

What I claim, as new, is:--

1. A shuttle, comprising a body having a bobbin recess opening throughthe top and bottom thereof and also provided with an inclined boreleading from the forward end of the recess through the bottom of theshuttle, a member removably fitted in the bore, spaced slit tubularportions formed on the member for communication with each other and alsofor communication with the space between the same, a guide lip on themember and having edges for directing a thread into either tubularportion, and an open eye. extension at the opposite end of the member.

2. A shuttle, comprising a body having a bobbin recess opening throughthe top and bottom thereof and also provided with an inclined boreleading from the forward end of the recess through the bottom of theshuttle, a member removably fitted in the bore, spaced slit tubularportions formed on the member for communication with each other and alsofor communication with the space between the same, a guide lip on themember' and having edges for directing a thread into either tubularportion, and an open eye extension at the opposite end of the member,saidY body being further provided with a slit establishing communicationbetween the bore and the opening of the recess through the bottom ofsaid body.

3. A shuttle provided with a bobbin receptacle open through the top, andhaving an inclined bore leading from the forward end of the receptaclethrough the bottom of the shuttle, such bore being open its full lengththrough the bottom of the shuttle, and a thread guide removably mounted.in the bore, and comprising a tubular member having a longitudinal, slotalined with. the bottom opening of the bore, and providing two.thread-guiding Channels, a tension device at the forward end of thetubular member, and athreadl directing means at' the forward end of thetubular member forl direct- Jing the thread into either Channel.

4. A shuttle provided with a forwardly' and downwardly inclined bore,the outlet end of which is toward the point and through JOSEPH F.VAILLANCQURT.

Copieseo this patent may be obtanediforiflvecents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C1

